A video about an Indian-American boy held in Chokeholding and allegedly intimidated by a white student in a school in the state of the US Texas not only became viral but has also swept the debate.
Video, taken by fellow students and shared online, has triggered anger on social media at home. They are not happy because they feel that it is not a tariff that the ‘white’ students dismiss it easily while Indian students who are intimidated are suspended for three days. The video shows the boy was attacked and choking. He was also dragged out of the bench where he sat.
The online petition that supports the boy has received more than Lakh’s signature.
The Lawyer of the Supreme Court Shashank Shekhar Jha uploaded a video on his Twitter grip when he wrote, To see that Shaan Pritmani from India originated from India was harassed & intimidated on the camera in Coppell School, Dallas. Instead of the defendant was punished, Shaan was suspended for 3 days. “
The incident occurred at lunch at Coppell Middle School North in Texas on May 11, according to NBC 5.
In the viral video, Indian-American students sitting at the table were seen in the headlock by a white student, the report said.
In the video, a student is seen asking for an Indian-American boy to get up from his chair. When an Indian-American boy refused, he choke and forcibly moved from the chair.
Meanwhile, other students can be heard to react to violence but do not stop it, according to the video.
That’s terrible. I can’t sleep for three consecutive nights. It feels like choking. I cried many times watching it, said Sonika Kukreja, the mother of the student was put into a headlock.
The authorities, however, chose to punish Indian-American students hard by suspending them for three days while the aggressor received the suspension one day, said Sonika’s parents and Kamlesh Pritmani.
I am very worried about the safety of our children and the message of our school council, our police department, sending by not acting on this,” Kukreja said.
